Cofavic, the best regarded human rights organization in Venezuela condenmed the intervention of the Metropolitan police today. Cofavic says the measure violates the autonomous nature of municipalities in our Constitution, that it increases teh militarization of Venezuela and that it interferes with the diualogue process taking place in Caracas. I wonder what the Human Rights Watch (HRW) people are thinking? How to condemn Cofavic? How to praise Chavez? How to accuse the opposition?Of what? They will find something, I am sure……
The Devil's Excrement
Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
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